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Justin Bieber's Alleged Baby Mama Drops Paternity Suit, But His Lawyers Might Still Sue Her
The Biebs performs live, 2011 (Photo by cukuskumir via Flickr)
The woman who said she was having Justin Bieber's baby has dropped her paternity suit against him, but the legal saga isn't over just yet.Mariah Yeater said that she got knocked up by the Biebs backstage at a concert in Los Angeles. She filed a paternity suit against him that she has since dropped since Bieber agreed to take a DNA test to prove the baby, baby, baby was not his. His lawyers said that once the allegations were proven false they were going to sue Yeater for making false accusations.
Although Yeater dropped the suit, TMZ is reporting that Bieber's lawyers aren't backing off just yet. The singer's publicist, Matthew Hiltzik, told TMZ, "We intend to still hold them accountable."
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